In 16 seasons from —48 to —63, they laid claim to the Oberliga title 15 times, only posting an uncharacteristic 11th-place finish in — During this period, they scored over goals in each of the , , and seasons.

In nine seasons, he scored goals in Oberliga matches. National titles , however, were harder to come by. In , HSV became German champions for the first time since , defeating 1.

Seeler, who scored twice in the final, was named West German Footballer of the Year. In the quarter-finals, they beat English champions Burnley before being defeated by Barcelona at the semi-final stage in a playoff game after the scores were level over two legs.

The crowd of 77, at the Volksparkstadion for the first leg against Barcelona remains the record attendance for a HSV home match.

They had shared that special status with Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Kaiserslautern until , and with 1. In , Seeler was named Footballer of the Year for the third time.

This was then bettered in —76 with a second-place finish. As had happened 19 years ago, HSV faced Spanish opposition in the semi-finals.

The run stretched across 36 games and remained a Bundesliga record until November , when it was broken by Bayern Munich.

A third Meisterschale followed at the end of the —83 season , with HSV defending their title against local rivals Werder Bremen on goal difference.

The Brazilian club took home the trophy with a 93rd minute winning goal. Both —85 and —86 were disappointing seasons for HSV with the club finishing fifth and seventh respectively.

In , midfielder Felix Magath , who had played for the club for ten years and scored the winning goal in the European Cup Final , retired from professional football.

In the early s, HSV found itself in financial trouble. After a fifth-place finish in —91 , HSV finished in the bottom half of the Bundesliga in four consecutive seasons.

The following month, Uwe Seeler also returned as the club president. In May , however, Magath was fired after a 4—0 defeat to 1.

In , HSV appointed Frank Pagelsdorf , who would coach the team for over four years, making him the longest serving trainer since Ernst Happel.

The resulting scandal became the biggest in German football in over 30 years, and was an embarrassment to the country as it prepared to host the World Cup.

In the league, the team was in 17th place going into the winter break, [23] having won once in the league all season , leading to the dismissal of trainer Thomas Doll.

However, a defeat in the away leg to Fulham days after the firing of Labbadia [27] denied the club the opportunity to play in the final , which was held at its home stadium.

On 13 October , Thorsten Fink was appointed as coach [28] with the team in the relegation zone after losing six of their opening eight matches.

Fink was replaced on 25 September by Bert van Marwijk , [31] who in the same season was replaced by Mirko Slomka on 17 February Eventually in the next season Hamburg once again changed managers due to a poor start of the season firing Slomka on 15 September.

Labbadia achieved only two points in the first ten games of the —17 season and was replaced by Markus Gisdol who had a shaky start but managed to get 20 points in 9 games from the 19th match day to the 28th match day.

On the last match day, Hamburg avoided the relegation play-offs and stayed in the Bundesliga. However, eight games followed without a single win.

At the end of the first half of the season, HSV was in second last place in the table. After two defeats in the first two games of the second half, coach Markus Gisdol was dismissed.

HSV hired Bernd Hollerbach , a former player of the club, as a new coach. After seven games without a win and a defeat against FC Bayern Munich , he was also dismissed.

On the day of his appointment, he dismissed the sports director Jens Todt. The club hired former successful HSV player Thomas von Heesen as a sports consultant until the end of season.

He should take over a part of the duties for the dismissed Jens Todt. Until then, he was very successful in the Regionalliga Nord fourth league and was with his team at the top of the table.

With four wins and an offensively minded style of play, the coach convinced the club and received a two-year contract. Bundesliga for the first time in their year history.

Hamburger SV plays its home games in the Volksparkstadion , which was previously known as the Imtech Arena between and HSV fans can be buried at a dedicated graveyard near the home stadium, covered in turf from the original Hamburg pitch.

Pauli came back again, there were already several weeks before the game disputes of both fan groups. It started when about HSV fans interrupt a St.

Pauli concert because it took place on the "HSV-side" of the Reeperbahn. In a league game a short time later, the HSV fans showed a banner in the stadium with the inscription "Stellt euch endlich unsrer Gier - Ihr: After fans of FC St.

Pauli attacked HSV fans working on a choreography for the game and destroyed parts of it, some HSV fans threatened them by hanging figures in the colours of the rival at several bridges throughout the city.

In addition, one day later there was a march of about 80 HSV-Ultras across the Reeperbahn , where insulting chants agains St.

Besides, after two major conflicts between the two fan groups the relationship with Holstein Kiel has been considered as difficult for a short time now.

In the derby against St. Pauli in the season about fans of the Scottish club traveled to Hamburg to support HSV.

Pauli has no influence on this friendship, however. They showed a Union Jack , bearing the words "No Surrender", as a big choreography in the stadium.

The background to this is that Celtic is generally regarded as a club for people who want an independent Scotland, while Glasgow Rangers is regarded as very loyal to Great Britain.

Especially in the s, multiple players transferred between the two clubs. As Hannover and Bielefeld fans have affinities as well, all three clubs are sometimes called the Nordallianz Northern Alliance despite the fact that the city of Bielefeld is not technically located in Northern Germany.

Pauli and Holstein Kiel. The club colours are officially blue, white and black according to its statute but the fans use the combination "schwarz-weiss-blau" black-white-blue in their songs and chants; they also chant "haa-ess-fow" HSV.

The club crest is a black and white diamond on a blue background. These were the colours of SC Germania.

Because of its age and having been ever-present in the top flight of German football, HSV is also known as der Dinosaurier the Dinosaur and currently uses a dinosaur mascot called "Hermann" named after long-time club physiotherapist Hermann Rieger for marketing purposes.

The first shirt sponsorship was introduced in The shirt now carries the Fly Emirates logo. The following is a list of shirt sponsors by date:.

They had a bye in the preliminary round and their first round opponents were Young Boys. HSV won the two-legged tie 8—3 on aggregate, beating the Swiss side 0—5 in the away leg on 2 November and then drawing 3—3 at home on 27 November.

HSV reached the semi-final of the European Cup in Subsequently, they have twice played in the final, losing 1—0 to Nottingham Forest in and defeating Juventus 1—0 in Their biggest defeat was in the second leg of the Super Cup when they lost 6—0 to Liverpool at Anfield on 6 December.

HSV have the record in German football of having won the most regional titles, having won 31 regional titles. The regional titles do however not count as a trophy or even as a title itself.

Under the current award system, their pre-Bundesliga championships are not recognized and so they are not entitled to the second star of a five-time champion.

After the replay of the championship final in had to be abandoned due to the opponents no longer having enough players on the ground, the German Football Association DFB requested HSV to renounce the title, which the club did.

During his first season with Hamburger SV —01 , Sergej Barbarez became the top scorer for his club with 22 goals and joint top scorer of the Bundesliga with Ebbe Sand.

Until the —18 season, HSV took pride in its status as the only club to have played continuously in the Bundesliga since its foundation.

A large clock in the northwest corner of the Volksparkstadion marked the time, down to the second, since the league was founded on 24 August Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Hamburger SV official website. The reserve team serves mainly as the final stepping stone for promising young players before being promoted to the main team.

The team plays in the Bundesliga continuously since the —04 season. It was reestablished however in March Okka Rau was qualified for the Beijing Olympics of volleyball.

In , HSV appointed Frank Pagelsdorf , who would coach the team for over four years, making him the longest serving trainer since Ernst Happel.

The resulting scandal became the biggest in German football in over 30 years, and was an embarrassment to the country as it prepared to host the World Cup.

In the league, the team was in 17th place going into the winter break, [23] having won once in the league all season , leading to the dismissal of trainer Thomas Doll.

However, a defeat in the away leg to Fulham days after the firing of Labbadia [27] denied the club the opportunity to play in the final , which was held at its home stadium.

On 13 October , Thorsten Fink was appointed as coach [28] with the team in the relegation zone after losing six of their opening eight matches.

Fink was replaced on 25 September by Bert van Marwijk , [31] who in the same season was replaced by Mirko Slomka on 17 February Eventually in the next season Hamburg once again changed managers due to a poor start of the season firing Slomka on 15 September.

Labbadia achieved only two points in the first ten games of the —17 season and was replaced by Markus Gisdol who had a shaky start but managed to get 20 points in 9 games from the 19th match day to the 28th match day.

On the last match day, Hamburg avoided the relegation play-offs and stayed in the Bundesliga. However, eight games followed without a single win.

At the end of the first half of the season, HSV was in second last place in the table. After two defeats in the first two games of the second half, coach Markus Gisdol was dismissed.

HSV hired Bernd Hollerbach , a former player of the club, as a new coach. After seven games without a win and a defeat against FC Bayern Munich , he was also dismissed.

On the day of his appointment, he dismissed the sports director Jens Todt. The club hired former successful HSV player Thomas von Heesen as a sports consultant until the end of season.

He should take over a part of the duties for the dismissed Jens Todt. Until then, he was very successful in the Regionalliga Nord fourth league and was with his team at the top of the table.

With four wins and an offensively minded style of play, the coach convinced the club and received a two-year contract. Bundesliga for the first time in their year history.

Hamburger SV plays its home games in the Volksparkstadion , which was previously known as the Imtech Arena between and HSV fans can be buried at a dedicated graveyard near the home stadium, covered in turf from the original Hamburg pitch.

Pauli came back again, there were already several weeks before the game disputes of both fan groups. It started when about HSV fans interrupt a St.

Pauli concert because it took place on the "HSV-side" of the Reeperbahn. In a league game a short time later, the HSV fans showed a banner in the stadium with the inscription "Stellt euch endlich unsrer Gier - Ihr: After fans of FC St.

Pauli attacked HSV fans working on a choreography for the game and destroyed parts of it, some HSV fans threatened them by hanging figures in the colours of the rival at several bridges throughout the city.

In addition, one day later there was a march of about 80 HSV-Ultras across the Reeperbahn , where insulting chants agains St. Besides, after two major conflicts between the two fan groups the relationship with Holstein Kiel has been considered as difficult for a short time now.

In the derby against St. Pauli in the season about fans of the Scottish club traveled to Hamburg to support HSV. Pauli has no influence on this friendship, however.

They showed a Union Jack , bearing the words "No Surrender", as a big choreography in the stadium. The background to this is that Celtic is generally regarded as a club for people who want an independent Scotland, while Glasgow Rangers is regarded as very loyal to Great Britain.

Especially in the s, multiple players transferred between the two clubs. As Hannover and Bielefeld fans have affinities as well, all three clubs are sometimes called the Nordallianz Northern Alliance despite the fact that the city of Bielefeld is not technically located in Northern Germany.

Pauli and Holstein Kiel. The club colours are officially blue, white and black according to its statute but the fans use the combination "schwarz-weiss-blau" black-white-blue in their songs and chants; they also chant "haa-ess-fow" HSV.

The club crest is a black and white diamond on a blue background. These were the colours of SC Germania. Because of its age and having been ever-present in the top flight of German football, HSV is also known as der Dinosaurier the Dinosaur and currently uses a dinosaur mascot called "Hermann" named after long-time club physiotherapist Hermann Rieger for marketing purposes.

The first shirt sponsorship was introduced in The shirt now carries the Fly Emirates logo. The following is a list of shirt sponsors by date:.

They had a bye in the preliminary round and their first round opponents were Young Boys. HSV won the two-legged tie 8—3 on aggregate, beating the Swiss side 0—5 in the away leg on 2 November and then drawing 3—3 at home on 27 November.

HSV reached the semi-final of the European Cup in Subsequently, they have twice played in the final, losing 1—0 to Nottingham Forest in and defeating Juventus 1—0 in Their biggest defeat was in the second leg of the Super Cup when they lost 6—0 to Liverpool at Anfield on 6 December.

HSV have the record in German football of having won the most regional titles, having won 31 regional titles.

The regional titles do however not count as a trophy or even as a title itself. Under the current award system, their pre-Bundesliga championships are not recognized and so they are not entitled to the second star of a five-time champion.

After the replay of the championship final in had to be abandoned due to the opponents no longer having enough players on the ground, the German Football Association DFB requested HSV to renounce the title, which the club did.

During his first season with Hamburger SV —01 , Sergej Barbarez became the top scorer for his club with 22 goals and joint top scorer of the Bundesliga with Ebbe Sand.

Until the —18 season, HSV took pride in its status as the only club to have played continuously in the Bundesliga since its foundation.

A large clock in the northwest corner of the Volksparkstadion marked the time, down to the second, since the league was founded on 24 August Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Hamburger SV official website. The reserve team serves mainly as the final stepping stone for promising young players before being promoted to the main team.

The team plays in the Bundesliga continuously since the —04 season. It was reestablished however in March Okka Rau was qualified for the Beijing Olympics of volleyball.